This product should be database driven. I work for a busy luxury real estate company and if this product could be database driven, where each listing by default that is entered into our system could pull the dynamic listing photo's this product would sell world wide in massive proportion.

Also I would like a copy of the .fla file included with the extension.

Further, I would like to see it pull video files per each image.

Additionally, I would like the ability to put random size images into this interface.

Total thought, Datadriven, any image and video capable. I can't see any reason why not George.. you make excellent extensions and I brag about you to, to many people that your the man.

Food for thought,
Drue

Currently the interface of the extension does not allow to select Database as a source of image information.

However, 3D Flow Gallery reads the information of the gallery and the images from xml file.

1. While creating your gallery, just insert one file into it - we will use this as a dummy image.

2. Next open your XML file - it should be located in your siteroot/imageflowgallery. Save it as a new PHP file, i.e. change the extension from XML to PHP. Do not forget that you will need to change a couple of attributes into your html file.

<param name="FlashVars" value="xmlFile=yoursite_root/imageflowgallery/3DFlowGallery1.xml" />

to

<param name="FlashVars" value="xmlFile=yoursite_root/imageflowgallery/3DFlowGallery1.php" />

and the following attribute from:

flashvars="xmlFile=yoursite_root/imageflowgallery/3DFlowGallery1.xml"

to

flashvars="xmlFile=yoursite_root/imageflowgallery/3DFlowGallery1.php"

3. Insert a recordset from Dreamweaver into your PHP file (XML which extension you have just changed) and select your database where you want to insert images from.

4. In your PHP file you should notice the following line:

<img url="MyDummyPicture" target="_blank" alt="" /><br />


Change MyDummyPicture with the following code:

<?php echo $row_rsImages['image']; //image is a column in my database for the image path ?>

So now you will want to display all images from your database. In order to do that you will need to use repeat region for your image, i.e.:

<?php do { ?>

<img url="<?php echo $row_rsImages['image']; ?>" target="_blank" alt="" /><![CDATA[]]></image>

<?php } while ($row_rsImages = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsImages)); ?>

NOTE: I am using database with 2 columns - "ID" for the key and "image" for the image path.


Regards,

DMX Zones Support Team

Hi to all,

I need to add a comment as well,
I really agree with Master Drue, on this issue.
Most of the recent extensions have been built with simplistic features.

When making the effor of making the extensions, please keep in mind those that have reliable business ideas that can really use these extensions in the business world.
All extensions of this nature should be database driven and available for ASP.

My three cents
Steve

There is a new video tutorial of how to use this extension with dynamic images store in database.

See the video tutorials at www.dmxzone.com/ShowDetail.asp?NewsId=13986

Greetings,
George

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DMXzone.com, FWzone.net, FLzone.net, CFzone.net,
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I have set up the gallery to pull in images dynamically with ASP and it works fine based on your suggestions.

While the 3D flow gallery has a lot of nice features, where it falls down big time is that the images have to be all the same size. For me, this is a serious limitation and should try to be addressed because virtually every client I do work for uses images of all different proportions. Landscape and portrait images, for example, cannot be mixed together - at least I don't see a way to do this.

I can dynmically pull the dimensions of each image into the XML file, but there is only one general setting for image size. The dimensions criterion should be incorporated into the individual image file info, not the general specs of the flash file.

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While the 3D flow gallery has a lot of nice features, where it falls down big time is that the images have to be all the same size. For me, this is a serious limitation and should try to be addressed because virtually every client I do work for uses images of all different proportions. Landscape and portrait images, for example, cannot be mixed together - at least I don't see a way to do this.

I can dynamically pull the dimensions of each image into the XML file, but there is only one general setting for image size. The dimensions criterion should be incorporated into the individual image file info, not the general specs of the flash file.
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Thanks for the suggestion Gary - we will definitely put this one in upcoming updates!

Greetings,
George

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George Petrov - Founder of the Dynamic Zones
DMXzone.com, FWzone.net, FLzone.net, CFzone.net,
DNzone.com, FlashFiles.nl
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I would like to echo Gary's comments - I have just set up a dynamic gallery and only now realised that images will have to be of fixed dimensions. My client will have to be shown how to do this before uploading his images. Not good for quick work flow on a CMS.

My 3 pence worth!